OK....
*As mentioned in previous posts....great operative experience AND early. As a PGY 2, you are on your own service. Reason: 20 attendings, 12 residents (not including 3 interns.....PGY 1's do 3 months of ortho, but are not on a dedicated service as interns)
*We have a night float system. 3 months as pgy 2, 1 month as pgy 3
If not on night float, pgy 2/3 cover Friday and Saturdays. (everyone gets 2 weekends off/month). Pgy 4/5 are back-up, out-of-house call.
*Every ortho subspecialty covered---except Tumor although we had been receiving tumor lectures 1 x month from local Tumor guy.
*New this year: 1 month at Erie Shriner's for more well-rounded pediatric experience. (we have 2 pediatric attendings....it's not lack of #'s, just to allow us to get to see the "weird" stuff. esp important for Boards). Good experiences so far, but not sure if we will continue this or not???
*AGH orthopedics is the 2nd largest orthopedic group in the state
*We have fellows in Hand/UE, trauma, joints, F&A (b/c we have so many attendings, this does not in any way hurt our experience. There are actually plans to add a 4th resident possibly in the next 1-3 years!)
*Other things: book $, yearly conferences, Board review as chief, cover high school football teams, free meals and parking, etc, etc.
Don't want to go on and on....but just wanted to give some accurate info, since our website is in the process of being updated.
Also, our chairman is Dr. Patrick DeMeo (sports). Dr. Baratz is still our program director. Top notch Hand/UE fellowship as mentioned in other posts.
good luck
